Some animal adaptations look like they were designed by a committee of mad scientists. The greater short-horned lizard ...

A new study comparing invasive cane toads in Japan and Australia has found substantial changes in body size and shape have developed much more rapidly than suggested by long-held ideas of the pace of ...

Forget the tadpoles - in Tanzania's mountain forests, three newly discovered toads enter the world ready to hop. A new study, published in Vertebrate Zoology, introduces toad species that give birth ...

In a stream in a city in southern China, calls led researchers to a new species. Wu X, Pan Y, Xiao W, Chen J, Yu G, Wei X (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution In the lush landscape of southern China, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Brought in to address a problem, cane toads now represent ...

Shane traces how cane toads conquered Australia — and how science is turning the tide. Shane Campbell-Staton joins biologist Rick Shine and toad buster Simon Middap to unpack the full story of ...